Great Quotes from Museum Novels

Following the success of my previous blog speculating as to what great movie quotes would be like if the films were set in museums, I have decided to do a sequel of sorts.

What would the opening lines be of great novels if they had been set in museums?

 “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single curator in possession of a good collection, must be in want of a life.” Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

"All museums are alike; each museum is engaging in its own way." Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

"It is the best of museums, it is the worst of museums, it is the museum of wisdom, it is the museum of foolishness, it is the museum of belief, it is the museum of incredulity, it is the museum of Light, it is the museum of Darkness, it is the museum of hope, it is the museum of despair, so began the museum manager's latest vision statement." A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

‘It was a bright cold day at the British Horological Institute, and the clocks in need of conservation were striking thirteen.’ 1984 by George Orwell

"Where now? Who now? When now? The registrar murmured to herself over the museum's latest acquisition" The Unnamable by Samuel Becket

"The museum is a foreign country: they do things differently there." The Go-Between by L.P.Hartley

“As Gregor Samsa arrived at work one morning after uneasy dreams he found himself confronted in his costume store by a monstrous vermin.” Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

"All children, except ones that go on to work in museums, grow up." Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

"Under certain circumstance there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as object accessioning." The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

"The Museum Manager was drunk. He was eloquently drunk, lovingly and pugnaciously drunk." Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis